Is it time to cut my girl?

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BigBossMan884

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Hey all,
I'd like to take the opportunity to address both of my concerns at once. I'm a complete novice and growing just became decriminalised where I live.

I'm growing Jack Herer Auto from breeder 2fast4buds. They claim it's a 63 day strain but it's been 81 days. I'm growing under 4 42w CFL bulbs for this first grow until I get an LED later this year.

1) Should I be worried that the time period has passed by almost 3 weeks?

My buds seem fat or as fat as they'll get and most of the Trichomes look milky but they have barely began to turn Amber.

2) Is it time to harvest or should I give the tree a couple more days and allow for more amber to come in?

3) Is my plant at peak THC atm? Or are these milky trichomes not fully developed yet?

Thanks for any assistance.

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ComfortCreator

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Zoom on the trichromes they are swollen and starting to amber. Dont look at the leaves, the buds only. I would go another 10 days based on this pics but would not do it blind I would check again in a week.
 
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BigBossMan884

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leather lungs said:
Experience
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leather lungs said:
Experience
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LOL
Well I'm lacking that. So I'm trying to get an idea of what I should expect in a few more days.
I don't mind waiting but I thought I was pretty close which means I don't know what I'm looking at or for.
So I'm trying to get an idea.

Am I just waiting on more amber trichomes? or will the cloudy ones get more cloudy?
Any tips?
 
FastFreddi

FastFreddi

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BigBossMan884 said:
LOL
Well I'm lacking that. So I'm trying to get an idea of what I should expect in a few more days.
I don't mind waiting but I thought I was pretty close which means I don't know what I'm looking at or for.
So I'm trying to get an idea.

Am I just waiting on more amber trichomes? or will the cloudy ones get more cloudy?
Any tips?
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You are waiting for full calyx swell and internal weight gains...sometimes not so visible .
Peace.
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Creature1969

Creature1969

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Whelp, everyone else has the wait part covered so...

Congrats! Good job with CFL. You'll love LED but, yer gonna need a bigger boat! :bigjoint:

Don't worry about the breeder time. They're usually way off to begin with plus many factors can slow a plant. They finish when they finish.
 
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xtsho

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Not bad for growing with some CFL's but you have a couple weeks still. Ignore breeder times. They list faster than actual flowering times because people want fast flowering plants. It's all marketing and has nothing to do with when the plant will actually finish. If they told you that the plant would take 11 weeks instead of 8 then you would have bought something that said it would be done in 8 weeks.
 
anexgrower

anexgrower

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Creature1969 said:
Whelp, everyone else has the wait part covered so...

Congrats! Good job with CFL. You'll love LED but, yer gonna need a bigger boat! :bigjoint:

Don't worry about the breeder time. They're usually way off to begin with plus many factors can slow a plant. They finish when they finish.
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I was going to say "Trust the seeders not the Breeders", also you did rock the CFL's!
 
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BigBossMan884

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Thanks a lot everyone.
I'm definitely going to take everyone's advice and wait another week or two.
I'll look for swelling of the calyx, some more amber trichomes and my bud to look a little more mature than it does at the moment.
The breeder times made me nervous but I need to be patient.
I did observe that she is still drinking a lot of water so I did have a feeling she isn't done yet.
 
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